I garden, and knit. In case you were concerned, I wash my hands after weeding the zucchini and before I pick up the cashmere. As a well rounded person who gardens and knits, I do recognize and accept that some of you out there who garden, don’t knit (you poor, poor people); and others of…

Without my glasses, I’m as blind as a rock. The myopic gene with which my father gifted me is so bad (“How bad is it?”) that I got into an argument with an ophthalmologist once about when I first needed glasses: “With eyesight this bad, you needed glasses as soon as you exited the birth…

It’s Holiday kick-off season, and the way I know is the proliferation of, “Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?” articles, blogs, and sermons. Of course, we all know that the answer is, “No, TRUE Christians don’t celebrate Halloween,” and I was expecting more of the same when I saw BeliefNet’s own Should Christians Celebrate Halloween? by senior editor Rob…

My most recent bureaucratic nightmare involved securing a piece of paper from the local school district. As a homeschooler, I have fortunately not had to often enter the establishment’s hallowed halls, but this last week made up for years of my not being there. Tired of Being Youngest (who is, um, our youngest child), in…

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